Decision Workspace
decompress vs libarchive2 vs archive
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
45
decompress
growingv0.6.0
Extracting archives made easy
49
libarchive2
experimentalv0.2.1
Safe Rust bindings for libarchive v3.8.1, providing cross-platform archive reading and writing capabilities
47
archive
experimentalv0.3.0
A unified interface for extracting common archive formats in-memory
Core Metrics
| decompress | libarchive2 | archive | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 45 | 49 | 47 |
| Total Downloads | 37.8K | 726 | 1.1K |
| 30d Downloads | 1.4K | 20 | 185 |
| Dependents | 13 | 0 | 3 |
| Releases | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| Last Updated | 1124d ago | 129d ago | 89d ago |
| Age | 3y 4m | 5m | 5m |
Health Breakdown
decompress
Maintenance
5
Quality
16
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
libarchive2
Maintenance
13
Quality
14
Community
6
Popularity
3
Documentation
13
archive
Maintenance
13
Quality
12
Community
8
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| decompress | libarchive2 | archive | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.6.0 | 0.2.1 | 0.3.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | Apache-2.0 | BSD-2-Clause | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 17 | 3 | 11 |
| Crate Size | 30KB | 51KB | 29KB |
| Features | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •libarchive2 leads with a health score of 49/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •decompress has the most downloads (37.8K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •⚠ decompress has not been updated in over a year.